JAMIE RAMSAY is an endurance adventurer, known mostly for his 17,000km run from Vancouver to Buenos Aires, Running The Americas. As part of this monster run, he had to cross both the Atacama Desert, and the Andes! During this expedition, he averaged over a marathon a day, every day, for over a year. In the 6 years since he became an adventurer, Jamie has amassed over 33,000km of human powered adventuring. Jamie will forever be the Scottish adventurer of the year 2016. HAVE YOU MET... LINKS: All Podcast Links Website Instagram: @haveyoumet_podcast Video version available on YouTube: FULL EPISODES - CLIPS TIMESTAMPS: [00:00] INTRO [00:50] How Jamie started running [04:10] Safari run [09:50] Jungle Marathon 240k/6days [12:30] Quitting his job [17:10] Going from 240km to 17000km [21:20] Starting in Vancouver [26:30] Dealing with Failure [27:28] Mexico [31:30] Dealing with bad days [39:25] Back to Mexico [41:30] Hitchhiking on a boat [43:45] Writing a book [45:16] Learning Spanish [46:52] 17 Pairs of shoes [48:32] Failed goals [51:06] Atacama Desert [56:06] The Andes [01:00:40] Not a celebrator [01:03:26] Down time [01:07:00] Mind and body [01:11:04] Madagascar [01:21:00] Health (peeing blood) [01:29:35] Swimming & Parasites [01:31:20] Loneliness [01:34:40] Charities [01:40:00] Prince Harry [01:42:10] Climbing Aconcagua [01:49:35] Food and Drink [01:52:40] Minimalism [01:56:30] The Everlasting Lighter [01:58:00] Kicked out of hostel [02:00:00] Helpful humans [02:07:00] Unexpected turn in Mongolia [02:13:30] Daily KM [02:21:26] Motivation and Happiness [02:25:00] Support Jamie's book [02:27:46] Jamie's message [02:32:38] Outro [02:33:04] Music The podcast that will introduce you to people you’ve never heard of, along with getting you better acquainted with those you have. Relaxed conversational style interview podcast with no rigid structure or boundaries. My goal with this podcast, is to talk to an eclectic mix of people about an eclectic range of topics. The only thing all my guests are guaranteed to have in common, is that I want to chat with them. Jamie's Links: Jamie's Website Jamie's Instagram Jamie's YouTube Jamie's Book Support CALM Just two people talking… Keywords for the video: Running, runner, run, marathon, ultra marathon, adventure, explore, explorer, adventurer, Have you met, Jamie Ramsay, conversation, discussion, interview, travel

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